Agenda Packet Cc - regular meeting 9/12/1988

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% 9 , ORDINANCE NO. 22 borhod and will not have an im- An Ordinance to Preserve the mediate and specific adverse effect upon the public health Public Health of the Cilisens of Orono by Regulating the Muu- - Section 3. It is recognized that c.uni Size of Residential Build- the enforcement of the minimum Lots provisions provisions required by this ordin- ance with respect to lots held in WHEREAS, the Village of Or- single, separate ownership at the 'Lurie of i'iie ono has no community sewage paassa'g-e' ofTiis" ordin- Z system and depends upon septic ance might be an arbitrary depri- tarJu and soil absorption sys- vation of a valuable right from said owners. Therefore, 1 �' terns for the aisposal of waste; where a lot C L and which fails to meet the mini- W H E R E A S , such disposal mum standards of this ordinance �Q methods are apt to create a ser- is held in a single, separate own- ious problem affecting the health ershi rt the time of the P pas - of the community where applied sage of this ordinance, the Coun- in residential areas serving more cil may issue a building permit, than one dwelling per acre; and provided that "ere will be no !YHI;R,L.'-,S, other communities immediate or ., —fle adverse ef- a i have serious health problems by feet upon the public health. reason of the enlargement of res- Section 4. This ordinance su- idential areas with substandard ct sizes served by septic tanks percedes and repeals any provi- sions in the platting ordinance or and absorption systems; and zoning ordinances of the Village (' r WHEREAS, the Plannirg Cow_ which are inconsistent herewith, except that missicn of the Villa&•.: of Orono provisions o* prior ordinances establishing higher has recommended to the Council (� that regulations should be estab- standards than those prescribed lished now to prevent the same by this ordinance are continued sort of serious health problem in effect. from arising in the Village of Section s It is recegnized that Orono; the establishment of definite NOW, THEREFORE, for the standards for all lots in the entire sake of the general welfare and Village is impossible, as there health of the residents of the may be, in avery case, reasuns to Village of Orono, it is ordained relax the standards, or to en - as follows: force stricter standards. The �_. Section 1. After thf affective / Council reserves its discretion to date of this ordinance :o build- increase or decrease the stand- ing permit shall be .ssued for ards hereby s-t for goon c2use, the erection of a residence in any whenever the particular facts of residential zone of the Village, the situation convince the Coun- except upon s building lot con- cil that the public welfare, and taining a minimum area of one particularly the public health, re - acre, and having a minimum quire such modification. width of 140 feet at the building Section 6. This ordinance shall line. be published in the Minaetonka Section 2. It is recognized that Herald at Wayzata. Minnesota, there are several built up resi- end sh.,ll be effective immediate- dential areas in the Village which ly upon such publicatiom are substandard and overbuilt by Passed by the Village Council the terms of this ordinance. In of the Vilage of Orono this lgth such areas, building permits may day of October. 1959, by a vote be issued for lots not meeting the cf 4 yeas and No nay& minimum requirements estab- H. R. ROSS, Mayor lished by this ordinance, if the Village C: uncil feels that such Attest: building will conform to the gen- O. E. JOHNSON, Cleric era characteristics of the neigh- (10-15-59)